1898
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1898 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar and a common year of the Julian calendar, the 1898th year of the Common Era (CE), the 98th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1898, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. 1898 corresponds to the years 54–55 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.
Events[edit]
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá sends instructions that the remains of the Báb should be sent to the Holy Land from their hiding place in Tihrán.
- Edith Magee becomes the first Canadian Bahá’í[1]
- The Tarbíyat School is established by Bahá'ís in Tihrán.
- January 1: Eighteen people become Bahá'ís in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
- February: Ibrahim George Kheiralla visits New York City and teaches his classes on the Faith and mysticism.
- February 9: Hájí Muhammad-i-Turk is murdered by four religious students in Mashhad.
- April: Nine Bahá'ís are arrested at a Ridván meeting in Hamadán. They are beaten and imprisoned.
- July/August: Phoebe Hearst becomes a Bahá'í.
- September 22: The first Western pilgrims leave America for ‘Akká. The group includes Phoebe Hearst, Lua Getsinger, May Maxwell, and Robert Turner.
- November 11: Ibrahim George Kheiralla visits ‘Akká.
- November 13: ‘Abdu'l-Bahá ends the period of mourning for Bahá'u'lláh and opens His tomb to pilgrims.
- December 10: The first Western pilgrims arrive in ‘Akká.[2][3]
- December 22: The second group of Western pilgrims arrive in ‘Akká.
Births[edit]
- December 21: Dorothy Baker, Hand of the Cause.
- Khodadad Fozdar, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Andaman Islands.
Deaths[edit]
- August 20: Jamál Effendi, prominent Bahá’í travel teacher.
- October 30: Díyá'u'lláh, son of Bahá'u'lláh.
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ History of the Bahá’í Community of Canada
- ↑ Grace L. Shahrokh. "Some Early Believers in the West" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ↑ Bahá’í Timeline
